GP of Indy: Qualifying Observations

It was a great day to be at IMS. There were no weather issues and instead of it being cloudy, it was mostly sunny all day. The road course at IMS brought out the contrast between the Chevy and Honda aerokits. We know that drag has been an issue for the Honda’s and with the long straightaways, it showed how much they are really struggling to reduce it and close the gap to Chevy. Team Chevy took the top 10 spots and 13 of the top 15. The highest qualifying Honda was Jack Hawksworth in 12th position. The slowest Honda, Dracone, was only 2.5 seconds faster than the Indy Lights pole position. Honda needs to figure this problem out quickly, or Chevy is going to dominate every road race this season.

I watched qualifying from the turn 1 mound and here are some observations: